Outpatient parathyroidectomy: A new paradigm from a nursing perspective

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-32

  Donovan, Patricia I ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing assessment; Parathyroidectomy; Primary hyperparathyroidism

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; NURSING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENTS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 13144293043     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cco.0000149605.21474.55     Document Type: Review

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